James Budd, founder of the Boulder Outreach for Homeless Overflow, pleaded not guilty this morning to sexual assault and kidnapping charges.

Budd, 47, was charged with three counts of sexual assault, second-degree kidnapping, second-degree assault and third-degree assault, all felonies. He also faces a misdemeanor charge of false imprisonment.

Budd is scheduled to stand trial Aug. 26.

According to court records, Budd was arrested in November after a woman went to the Boulder County Sheriff's Office and told detectives he had sexually assaulted her.

The victim -- who said she knew Budd but was never in a relationship with him -- said he sent her an email and then came to her trailer in Boulder. After they had dinner, the woman said, Budd tried to take off her shirt, and when she refused, he slapped her in the face, according to court records. He raised his hand again, so the woman complied and took off all her clothes, according to an arrest affidavit.

The woman told investigators that Budd said, "Just (expletive) it," and pulled down his pants before saying he "needs to rape and kill (the victim), or he would have to rape and kill another woman," according to court records.

She said Budd then made her put on some underwear he picked out from her closet and then made her perform oral sex. He kept her in the trailer during the night, looked up pornography on her computer and talked to her "as if nothing had occurred," she told authorities.

The woman said Budd left the trailer the next morning. When investigators found him, Budd said he "went on a few dates" with the woman and was at her trailer Sunday night, but "really nothing sexual happened," according to the affidavit.

Budd, a former Bridge House employee who had been homeless for 25 years, founded BOHO in 2009 as an alternative shelter to the Boulder Shelter for the Homeless but has not been involved with the program since 2010.

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